2026 Winter Olympics: Check Best Photos From Day 4 Events At Cortina
The U.S. women’s hockey team so thoroughly overwhelmed rival Canada that coach John Wroblewski issued a reminder that the 5-0 victory still left the Americans a long way from Olympic gold. This was just a preliminary-round meeting between the sport’s two global powers. The gold-medal game isn’t until Feb. 19. The Americans are three wins away from a third gold medal after their lopsided victory over a Canadian team missing its captain, and clinched first place in Group A entering the quarterfinals. It was a performance that continued confirming why the U.S. entered the tournament as favorites. This gallery showcases top photos from Day 4 of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics taken by Associated Press photographers.
Corinne Stoddard of the United States wipes out as Xinran Wang of the People's Republic of China moves past to win while competing in the women's 500 meter short track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Francisco Seco
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Japan's Ryusei Yamada practices during a snowboarding halfpipe training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Gregory Bull
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Arianna Fontana of Italy celebrates after Team Italy takes the gold medal in the team mixed relay short track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Stephanie Scarbrough
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Julia Kern, of the United States reacts after crossing the finish line in a semifinal of the cross-country skiing women's sprint classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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Sweden's Rasmus Wranaa and Isabella Wranaa celebrate after winning the gold medal mixed doubles curling match against USA, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Misper Apawu
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Austria's Katharina Huber speeds down the course during an alpine ski, slalom portion of a women's team combined race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Marco Trovati
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Giovanni Bresadola, of Italy, soars through the air during the ski jumping mixed team competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Predazzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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Japan's Rei Halloran makes a save during a preliminary round match of women's ice hockey between Japan and Sweden at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Petr David Josek
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Norway's Birk Ruud competes during the men's freestyle skiing slopestyle finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy. | Photo: AP/Gregory Bull
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Linn Svahn, of Sweden, crosses the finish line ahead of Jonna Sundling, also of Sweden, to win the gold medal in cross-country skiing women's sprint classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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United States' Mikaela Shiffrin at the finish area during an alpine ski, slalom portion of a women's team combined race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Robert F. Bukaty
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Pietro Sighel of Italy, right, leads his heat while competing in the men's 1000 meter short track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Francisco Seco
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Oskar Opstad Vike, of Norway, celebrates with fans after winning the bronze medal in the cross-country skiing men's sprint classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy. | Photo: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth
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Silver medalist Ben Ogden, of the United States, does a back flip from the podium while gold medalist Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, and bronze medalist Oskar Opstad Vike, also of Norway, right, look on after the cross-country skiing men's sprint classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy. | Photo: AP/Evgeniy Maloletka
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Sondre Slettemark, of Denmark, competes in the men's 20-kilometer individual biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy. | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy
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Italy's Amedeo Bagnis arrives at the finish during a men's skeleton training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. | Photo: AP/Alessandra Tarantino
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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, from right, Ben Ogden, of the United States, and Oskar Opstad Vike, of Norway, compete in the final of the cross-country skiing men's sprint classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy. | Photo: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth
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Gold medalist Linn Svahn, of Sweden, center, hugs silver medalist Jonna Sundling, right, and bronze medalist Maja Dahlqvist, both also of Sweden, after the cross-country skiing women's sprint classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy. | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader
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Line judge Sarah Buckner stands as players run during a preliminary round match of women's ice hockey between the United States and Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Petr David Josek
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Deniss Vasiljevs of Latvia competes during the men's figure skating short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. | Photo: AP/Francisco Seco